Nearly 20,000 refugees arrived in Munich over the weekend, according to Bavarian authorities. And while there has been sporadic anti-migrant protests across Germany recently, many locals are finding creative and heartwarming ways to welcome refugees.

The generosity of the German people has extended beyond train stations from classrooms to kitchens.

"Germany will be able to take in 500,000 refugees a year for a few years," Chancellor Angela Merkel's deputy Sigmar Gabriel said on local TV Monday, meaning Germany will be accepting more asylum seekers than any other European country.

In Dresden, a city in eastern Germany, entrepreneurs have launched a smartphone app to help asylum seekers find information on how to register with the authorities, get health insurance and find their way around. Peggy Reuter-Heinrich, the CEO of Heinrich & Reuter Solutions, which worked on the app with Saxonia Systems, said in a statement the app would help refugees deal with bureaucracy better than paper documents.

Across Germany, dozens of universities are offering free classes for refugees -- while courses are free for Germans, asylum seekers are usually required to pay a fee. Humboldt Universität in Berlin is one of several recently inviting refugees to register as guest students.

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Refugees who arrived by train are greeted by locals welcoming them with soap bubbles and balloons at the Jahn-Sporthalle gymnasium in Berlin, Sept. 8, 2015.

Countries outside Europe are getting involved, too.

UNITED STATES

Pressure is growing for the United States to take in more refugees; only 1,500 have been taken in the past four years. A group of Democratic senators want to see that raised to 65,000, while some Republicans say taking in refugees poses a security threat.

Over 1,400 people have signed a MoveOn.org petition to lift the U.S. limit on Syrian refugees.

BRAZIL

Brazil, which has already taken in over 2,000 refugees, will welcome Syrian refugees with “open arms,” President Dilma Rousseff said Monday.

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